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Table 3 Perioperative and 1-year clinical outcomes

From: Fracking compared to conventional balloon angioplasty alone for calcified common femoral artery lesions using intravascular ultrasound analysis: 12-month results

Variables

Total

n = 67

Fracking

n = 32

Balloon

n = 35

P-value

Mean follow-up duration (days)

403 ± 236

432 ± 222

377 ± 248

0.339

Procedure success

57 (85.1)

31 (96.9)

26 (74.3)

0.009

Primary patencya

48 (67.9)

29 (89.8)

19 (49.2)

<.001

Restenosis

18 (26.9)

3 (9.4)

15 (42.8)

0.002

Reocclusion

2 (3.0)

0 (0)

2 (5.7)

0.269

Freedom from TLRa

57 (83.1)

30 (93.5)

27 (74.2)

0.038

Freedom from MALE

29 (61.6)

16 (76.9)

13 (48.6)

0.033

    Freedom from any reintervention

32 (70.5)

16 (85.7%)

16 (57.2)

0.015

    All-cause deatha

7 (10.0)

4 (13.6)

3 (11.5)

0.719

    Major amputationa

2 (3.1)

1 (3.2)

1 (2.9)

0.974

Procedure-related complications

4 (6.0)

2 (6.2)

2 (5.7)

0.928

  1. Continuous variables are indicated as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables are expressed as the counts (percentage)
  2. aThe results were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier curves
  3. Abbreviations: MALE major adverse limbs event, TLR target lesion revascularization